French West Africa
Personal album of Robert Duprey, c. 1907 - 1910. He was the Clerk of Native Affairs for the French government. The album covers a wide range of countries in French West Africa: Senegal. Mali. Niger. Burkina Faso. Saint-Louis of Senegal. On the Senegal River. At the camp of Bougounam. Guet Ndar district. Convoy of camels. Cliff of Bandiagara. Market of Kaïbou. Musicians. Chalaud on the Niger. Millet seller. Kani Kombolé. Sirba. Combaye's camp. Fishermen at Marigot. Destruction of a termite mound. Millet mortar. Peuhl dances. Fada-Ngourma. The new market. The pole of cocagne. Building a camp. Return from hunting. Tanouarbougou. Pama. Horse race. Togo-Dahomey mission. Dioulas. Kingdom of Dahomey. Presumed portrait of Robert Duprey. Album in-4, in full morocco, composed of about 180 silver and citrate prints from the period, and a cyanotype, mounted on cardboard. Numerous handwritten annotations and dates on the prints and mounts. Some stamps " Fada - N'Gourma - Haut - Sénégal - Niger ". A postcard and a few sheets of correspondence in Robert Duprey's handwriting inside the album.
Price: $3000.00
24 colonial postcards of different villages in French Guinea. Shown are Kindia, Correra, Dubreka, Itiou, Ke-Toure, Boulbine, Djallonke, Koliagbe, Toumanea, Siguiri, Bassari village, Kankan, Coniagui village. Good sampling of different styles of native huts in different parts of the country.
Price: $720.00
30 colonial postcards of different views of Conakry.
NOTE: Conakry's history began with its founding by French settlers in 1884 on Tombo Island and the surrounding Camayenne Peninsula, eventually becoming the capital of French Guinea. It developed as a colonial export port and later became the capital of independent Guinea in 1958 after the country's first president, Sékou Touré, chose to reject membership in the French Community, leading to a rapid but costly separation from France. Post-independence, the city has grappled with infrastructure challenges and periods of political instability, though it remains Guinea's economic center, processing bauxite and other goods for export
Price: $900.00
